Why is Sheila Johnson considered the owner of the Mystics here, but in this and other articles you read that Monumental Sports
is?

My understanding is that Monumental owns the whole shebang. Johnson has a piece of Monumental and is the public face of ownership when it comes to the Mystics. According to their website, she's the "managing partner".

That's correct, though Johnson has been less and less of a public face as the novelty has worn off and as her trashing of the franchise after the 2010 season made her less than beloved among many fans.

The only good news that could come of this is that they stay at Capital One Arena.

Why would that change?

I do think it could make it less likely that the Mystics go under, if there was any danger of that.

Powell-Jobs could maybe work some magic and keep the Mystics at Capital One Arena instead of moving the team to the 4,200 seat arena in the ghetto of DC.

Not sure why anyone would think that would happen. The articles about this purchase (after her unsuccessful attempt to buy the Clippers) make it seem that she was looking for big sports ownership. The Mystics are a little pimple on the body of Detrimental Sports.

slightly off-topic, but the Wizards' G-League team announced their name. Cue the eye-rolling. Reminder that the Mystics will be sharing their new, state-of-the-art arena with this team beginning in 2019.

slightly off-topic, but the Wizards' G-League team announced their name. Cue the eye-rolling. Reminder that the Mystics will be sharing their new, state-of-the-art arena with this team beginning in 2019.

slightly off-topic, but the Wizards' G-League team announced their name. Cue the eye-rolling. Reminder that the Mystics will be sharing their new, state-of-the-art arena with this team beginning in 2019.

You can't really blame Meesseman for taking the time off ... she's been going year-round for a while now. And barring a disastrous injury, she will be welcome in the WNBA for many years to come whether she takes an occasional summer off or not.

You can't really blame Meesseman for taking the time off ... she's been going year-round for a while now. And barring a disastrous injury, she will be welcome in the WNBA for many years to come whether she takes an occasional summer off or not.

Can a team with title aspirations really have a liability like that? I believe Vadeeva would pose the same issues with national commitments ect .

You can't really blame Meesseman for taking the time off ... she's been going year-round for a while now. And barring a disastrous injury, she will be welcome in the WNBA for many years to come whether she takes an occasional summer off or not.

Can a team with title aspirations really have a liability like that? I believe Vadeeva would pose the same issues with national commitments ect .

In fairness it's the first extended break Meesseman's taken from the WNBA in six years. That makes her less of a liability than a whole host of American star players...

You can't really blame Meesseman for taking the time off ... she's been going year-round for a while now. And barring a disastrous injury, she will be welcome in the WNBA for many years to come whether she takes an occasional summer off or not.

Can a team with title aspirations really have a liability like that? I believe Vadeeva would pose the same issues with national commitments ect .

Meesseman and Delle Donne weren’t a good mix anyway. Kinda the same player. Either are too lanky and slow to play SF and not strong enough to play center. So depth will take a hit for sure. But like Miller last year, a starter being unexpectedly absent might force him into a starting lineup that’s actually better than they had last year.

They still have Krystal Thomas, right? The return of Tayler Hill. Currie rumor. I think they could be better if depth in post doesn’t become a problem. Camille Little to Mystics? Isn’t she from NC?

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You can't really blame Meesseman for taking the time off ... she's been going year-round for a while now. And barring a disastrous injury, she will be welcome in the WNBA for many years to come whether she takes an occasional summer off or not.

Can a team with title aspirations really have a liability like that? I believe Vadeeva would pose the same issues with national commitments ect .

In fairness it's the first extended break Meesseman's taken from the WNBA in six years. That makes her less of a liability than a whole host of American star players...

Also its the first time that Belgium is at a big tournament in a while and this is probably their only good shot because it will be Wauters last tournament if she can stay healthy.

_________________"Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson were and are the dynamic duo. They're the one-two punch. They're all the clich�s possible to describe people that perfectly complement each other, who make each other better and also bring out the best in the team." �Karen Bryant

Makes sense. They've basically replaced Meesseman with Currie and Peters, so they've got options at both 3 and 4 depending on where they want to shift EDD at a given time. Also, if she's healthy, I guess Peters is the backup to Krystal Thomas at the 5 at the moment. It's her, Delle Donne or Hawkins.

EDD & Hawkins Playing the 4
With Thomas & Pringle playing the 5 ...That wont beat the top tier teams as shown last season . Adding Pringle i guess puts the styx over the hump ?

"Lacking a sufficient amount of true top tier talent" would be a lot better. Mystics were the deepest team in the league last year and this depth looks comparable to that at the very least.

They were? Id give the nod to Connecticut. They were deep and will be even deeper this season.

Connecticut was extremely reliant on their fantastic starting lineup.

Washington was extremely Extremely reliant on EDD. That is all .

Last time I checked we did fine even when she (+Hill) was out.

Mystics had 11 players who played 12+ minutes per game in 2017. Connecticut had 7 (+Kizer barely missing the cut). My case is closed.

Just because thibault used more players does not mean they were effective in there minutes. So you qualify deep being alot of players playing in a game versus players actually making a difference in a game ahh ok .

Latta made a difference
Cloud made a difference - I vaguely agree
Hightower made a difference ?
Walker Kimbrough made a difference ?
Asia Taylor Made a difference ?
Tianna Hawkins made a difference ?

EDD & Hawkins Playing the 4
With Thomas & Pringle playing the 5 ...That wont beat the top tier teams as shown last season . Adding Pringle i guess puts the styx over the hump ?

"Lacking a sufficient amount of true top tier talent" would be a lot better. Mystics were the deepest team in the league last year and this depth looks comparable to that at the very least.

They were? Id give the nod to Connecticut. They were deep and will be even deeper this season.

Connecticut was extremely reliant on their fantastic starting lineup.

Washington was extremely Extremely reliant on EDD. That is all .

Last time I checked we did fine even when she (+Hill) was out.

Mystics had 11 players who played 12+ minutes per game in 2017. Connecticut had 7 (+Kizer barely missing the cut). My case is closed.

Just because thibault used more players does not mean they were effective in there minutes. So you qualify deep being alot of players playing in a game versus players actually making a difference in a game ahh ok .

Latta made a difference
Cloud made a difference - I vaguely agree
Hightower made a difference ?
Walker Kimbrough made a difference ?
Asia Taylor Made a difference ?
Tianna Hawkins made a difference ?

Yeah theyre reallllllllllly deep !

I see that you didn't watch many Mystics games. Having the better performing bench in most matchups was huge for Washington last season.

EDD & Hawkins Playing the 4
With Thomas & Pringle playing the 5 ...That wont beat the top tier teams as shown last season . Adding Pringle i guess puts the styx over the hump ?

"Lacking a sufficient amount of true top tier talent" would be a lot better. Mystics were the deepest team in the league last year and this depth looks comparable to that at the very least.

They were? Id give the nod to Connecticut. They were deep and will be even deeper this season.

Connecticut was extremely reliant on their fantastic starting lineup.

Washington was extremely Extremely reliant on EDD. That is all .

Last time I checked we did fine even when she (+Hill) was out.

Mystics had 11 players who played 12+ minutes per game in 2017. Connecticut had 7 (+Kizer barely missing the cut). My case is closed.

Just because thibault used more players does not mean they were effective in there minutes. So you qualify deep being alot of players playing in a game versus players actually making a difference in a game ahh ok .

Latta made a difference
Cloud made a difference - I vaguely agree
Hightower made a difference ?
Walker Kimbrough made a difference ?
Asia Taylor Made a difference ?
Tianna Hawkins made a difference ?

Yeah theyre reallllllllllly deep !

I see that you didn't watch many Mystics games. Having the better performing bench in most matchups was huge for Washington last season.

Idk maybe i didnt pay enough attention not sure . Whom might you say was the bench performer that won games for the styx ? IF anyone the most reliable bench player was Cloud . I just know they were predicted to make the finals at seasons beginning with predictions and that soon was Shot to hell when they took the court and everyone realized they were NOT a title contender. Can you really be the deepest team in the league and not be mentioned as a title contender ?

EDD & Hawkins Playing the 4
With Thomas & Pringle playing the 5 ...That wont beat the top tier teams as shown last season . Adding Pringle i guess puts the styx over the hump ?

"Lacking a sufficient amount of true top tier talent" would be a lot better. Mystics were the deepest team in the league last year and this depth looks comparable to that at the very least.

They were? Id give the nod to Connecticut. They were deep and will be even deeper this season.

Connecticut was extremely reliant on their fantastic starting lineup.

Washington was extremely Extremely reliant on EDD. That is all .

Last time I checked we did fine even when she (+Hill) was out.

Mystics had 11 players who played 12+ minutes per game in 2017. Connecticut had 7 (+Kizer barely missing the cut). My case is closed.

Just because thibault used more players does not mean they were effective in there minutes. So you qualify deep being alot of players playing in a game versus players actually making a difference in a game ahh ok .

Latta made a difference
Cloud made a difference - I vaguely agree
Hightower made a difference ?
Walker Kimbrough made a difference ?
Asia Taylor Made a difference ?
Tianna Hawkins made a difference ?

Yeah theyre reallllllllllly deep !

I see that you didn't watch many Mystics games. Having the better performing bench in most matchups was huge for Washington last season.

Idk maybe i didnt pay enough attention not sure . Whom might you say was the bench performer that won games for the styx ? IF anyone the most reliable bench player was Cloud . I just know they were predicted to make the finals at seasons beginning with predictions and that soon was Shot to hell when they took the court and everyone realized they were NOT a title contender. Can you really be the deepest team in the league and not be mentioned as a title contender ?

1) Yes, it's Cloud. 2nd best backup PG in the league last season.
2) Were they predicted to get 0 relevant games of their 5 best players actually playing together? Because that was kind of the issue last season.

Since [Thibault] anticipated at least some of these things happening, I’m not sure why he did not part ways with Meesseman when she had significant trade value.
For example, before the Elena Delle Donne trade happened, the Sky wanted Meesseman in a deal. The Mystics refused to do so

And record-wise, they actually played better without Meesseman than with her. (Sounds eerily similar to a current Wizards situation). But at the same time, I’m not exactly sure why Meesseman seemed to be untouchable before the 2017 season, even if the Mystics anticipated this all along.

Hindsight. This guy himself wanted Meesseman to be untouchable.

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And record-wise, they actually played better without Meesseman than with her. (Sounds eerily similar to a current Wizards situation). But at the same time, I’m not exactly sure why Meesseman seemed to be untouchable before the 2017 season, even if the Mystics anticipated this all along.